English
Cemetery
"English","Cemetery","3 Mar 1865","English","This
cemetery is located in the northeast quadrant of Red River County,
Texas. GPS COORDINATES: Datum WGS84: 33 Deg 37.375N, 94 Deg 51.720W.
In English, at the intersection of FM 114 with CR 3300, turn
right or southwest and go 5/10 mile to the cemetery which is
on the left. On October 10, 1859 the Savannah Methodist Episcopal
Church paid $1 to Andrew J. Williams for 2.84 acres of the Asa
Dean survey, instrument filed for record on 10 Oct 1859 in Book
CH Vol M Page 260. There is a transaction dated 9 Dec 1872 and
recorded 3 May 1873 for Asa Dean Survey for Order of Free Masons
from O. C. English in Book CH T page 112. The oldest marked burial
with a complete date is that of Margaret A. Dunagan, This cemetery
was surveyed by Lawrence and Sue Dale on 1 Mar 1999. While taking
the survey, this cemetery was divided into 5 sections: Center,
North, East, South and West. Just prior to publication of the
year 2000 book on cemeteries we returned to this cemetery and
prepared the accompanying map. We were on this site on 30 Jan
2003 to take the GPS Coordinates. We also did a re-walk of the
cemetery on 2 May 2004 adding new burials and noting marker changes."
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